johnnytheboy Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 The point made that cartridges are cheaper in Europe has to be relevant despite the exchange rate argument! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul1440 Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 In real terms cartridges have never been as cheap as they are now ! If you think of the price of 1000 budget clay cart as a percentage of the average weekly wage ( even min wage) then compare this to 20 years ago Eh? Granted 20 or 30 years ago. But more recently Pre 2006 you could get the top quality cartridges for £125 a thousand. The likes of Clever T4s Express Excels. Eley Superbs were around £112, Olympics could b got for £90. Express high velocity we used to use for practice were £75.Yes £75 they are vurrently around £175 They have all more or less doubled in price.. thats 100% increase. Wish my flaimin wages had seen that sort of increase. It this was Milk or bread sold in Supermarkets the CMA would probably be involved by now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymo Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 The point made that cartridges are cheaper in Europe has to be relevant despite the exchange rate argument! Cheaper? Do you know this for a fact as cheapo trap carts are same sort of price as the UK, major branded ones are just as expensive here in France. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miroku50 Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 The fact remains higher prices are here to stay unless the pound suddenly gains strength against the euro. With further price rises very likely early next year I predict the cheapest plaswad could be around £200 /1000 We will have to cut our cloth accordingly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B25Modelman Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 My pension pot has increased 11% since the Brexit vote. The trouble is taking the tax free lump is pointless cos then I lose money. I think Poldark is now mining lead when he's not dibbing elsewhere that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrowning2 Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 Inflation to rise to 4% in 2017 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37838087 The brexit journey will not be smooth but hopefully liberating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 (edited) In real terms cartridges have never been as cheap as they are now ! If you think of the price of 1000 budget clay cart as a percentage of the average weekly wage ( even min wage) then compare this to 20 years ago +1 in the 1920s a box of 25 cartridges was more than a day's wages for a bricklayer my granddad told me that and I've never forgotten it. That's why my uncle used to decoy pigeons then shoot them on the ground with a .22 in the 1960s, it was cheaper Pigeons were "not worth a cartridge" an expression I heard often as a lad. Rabbits were always netted or snared, I hardly ever remember them being shot. Edited November 2, 2016 by Vince Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 (edited) Inflation to rise to 4% in 2017 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37838087 The brexit journey will not be smooth but hopefully liberating. That report is still loaded with emotive 'project fear' phrases like "significant risks" etc I don't really appreciate the way they speak with such certainty about events in 2017 when they don't know whats going to happen yet. Edited November 2, 2016 by Vince Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord O War Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 Just had a look at Branthwaite's web site and they don't have prices listed now, about a week ago they had prices and they hadn't changed since I last bought some. I may have to stock up on a few more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westley Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 +1 in the 1920s a box of 25 cartridges was more than a day's wages for a bricklayer my granddad told me that and I've never forgotten it. That's why my uncle used to decoy pigeons then shoot them on the ground with a .22 in the 1960s, it was cheaper Pigeons were "not worth a cartridge" an expression I heard often as a lad. Rabbits were always netted or snared, I hardly ever remember them being shot. Yes, BUT it was also one hell of a lot easier to get a .22 rifle ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenlivet Posted November 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 Just had a look at Branthwaite's web site and they don't have prices listed now, about a week ago they had prices and they hadn't changed since I last bought some. I may have to stock up on a few more. And I bought my cartridges from.....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord O War Posted November 4, 2016 Report Share Posted November 4, 2016 I sort of suspected that's where you went. Will this high court thing on Brexit make the prices come down again? LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenlivet Posted November 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2016 I sort of suspected that's where you went. Will this high court thing on Brexit make the prices come down again? LOLIt has affected the pound and the stock market. I'll pop back for my refund today..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenholland Posted November 4, 2016 Report Share Posted November 4, 2016 blimey, the pigeons will be rubbing there wings with joy if they read this, make every shot count bye the looks of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg Posted November 4, 2016 Report Share Posted November 4, 2016 I run a company called Dogtra UK. All my products are imported from France. The pound has dropped so far it is coming to a point where I must increase the cost to the customer or I will actually be selling at a loss. This is something many customers find hard to believe as the product is so expensive in the first place. One thing I do know though is that the economists wanted this and was likely to happen regardless of Brexit as they wanted to export more than they import. We will be doing thew same but starting 1/1/17. We have absorbed some increase but all our component suppliers have increased pricing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outdoorsman Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 I had a blatant case of profiteering with a shop recently over a scope, he said i would buy one now as the prices are going up we have the new catalog bla bla bla to which i replied surly your not putting all the new prices on old stock that you have thats not right. You bought it for x amount then put the y amount price tag on with your profit incorporated now you cant just go and increase the y amount on stock you have already bought because the price of the new ones are in the rise thats just wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herby Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 I had the same when buying a house. Some people bought 20 years ago for X amount and wanted me to pay 10's of thousands more for the same house!!! I told them where to go and went shopping elsewhere!! I am still looking so if anyone reads this that bought a house for £350 in the 60's and wants to sell for the same fair price as they paid for it PM me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Bb Posted November 6, 2016 Report Share Posted November 6, 2016 I had a blatant case of profiteering with a shop recently over a scope, he said i would buy one now as the prices are going up we have the new catalog bla bla bla to which i replied surly your not putting all the new prices on old stock that you have thats not right. You bought it for x amount then put the y amount price tag on with your profit incorporated now you cant just go and increase the y amount on stock you have already bought because the price of the new ones are in the rise thats just wrong I think that if you came into my shop and told me how to run my business and what I could and couldn't charge for stock I'd tell you where to go and exactly how to get there. But I'd call you "Sir" because, of course, the customer's always right. I had the same when buying a house. Some people bought 20 years ago for X amount and wanted me to pay 10's of thousands more for the same house!!! I told them where to go and went shopping elsewhere!! I am still looking so if anyone reads this that bought a house for £350 in the 60's and wants to sell for the same fair price as they paid for it PM me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted November 6, 2016 Report Share Posted November 6, 2016 I wonder how many of you go to the local Costa coffee shop and pay £4 for 50 pence worth of beans hot water and milk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnytheboy Posted November 6, 2016 Report Share Posted November 6, 2016 Cup of coffee is costing 6p in a ceramic cup, this includes washing the cup, milk and 2 grams of sugar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy. Posted November 6, 2016 Report Share Posted November 6, 2016 I had a blatant case of profiteering with a shop recently over a scope, he said i would buy one now as the prices are going up we have the new catalog bla bla bla to which i replied surly your not putting all the new prices on old stock that you have thats not right. You bought it for x amount then put the y amount price tag on with your profit incorporated now you cant just go and increase the y amount on stock you have already bought because the price of the new ones are in the rise thats just wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted November 6, 2016 Report Share Posted November 6, 2016 not cartridges but a few years ago a guy was selling a big bore wildfowling gun on an online forum for lets say £3,000 ono one of the first replies was bargain, its worth at least £5,000 cue edit by initial poster , new price £5,000 Only problem is lots of folk saw his initial price, so lots of, well, lets just say 'banter', in the following posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted November 6, 2016 Report Share Posted November 6, 2016 not cartridges but a few years ago a guy was selling a big bore wildfowling gun on an online forum for lets say £3,000 ono one of the first replies was bargain, its worth at least £5,000 cue edit by initial poster , new price £5,000 Only problem is lots of folk saw his initial price, so lots of, well, lets just say 'banter', in the following posts. I remember this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old farrier Posted November 6, 2016 Report Share Posted November 6, 2016 Just a thought here Your a shop keeper and lay out a lot of cash on stock it all takes off you do well 10 years later your doing a stock take and find in the back of your stock room a brand new but ten year old item Do you sell it at new price ? Or old Bear in mind that your money has been tied up for 10 years Personally think it's the manufacturer makes the money not the shop All the best Of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt1980 Posted November 6, 2016 Report Share Posted November 6, 2016 Just a thought here Your a shop keeper and lay out a lot of cash on stock it all takes off you do well 10 years later your doing a stock take and find in the back of your stock room a brand new but ten year old item Do you sell it at new price ? Or old Bear in mind that your money has been tied up for 10 years Personally think it's the manufacturer makes the money not the shop All the best Of I know a motorbike shop who found 3 bikes in a warehouse 13 years after they stopped making them. 1 now sits in the owners house, one was sold to a collector and the other sits in their showroom (not for sale) but probably worth about 50% more at the least!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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